Lasting-machine



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E S OOMBS LASTING MACHINE.

Patented Dec. 23,1890.

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B. S. GOMBS LASTING MACHINE.

No. 443,429. Patented Deo. 23, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrion.

EDGAR S. COMES, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO IYILLIAM S. KING, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

LASTI NG-MACHIN E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,429, dated December 23, 1890. Application filed'Deoember 24, 1889. Renewed October 1'7, 1890. Serial No. 368,390. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: In working with right lasts the bar will Be it known that I, EDGAR S. COMBs, a citinot be used on thejaw A, (shown in the drawzen of the United States, residing at Rochesings,) but will be applied to the jaw A on ter, in the county of Monroe and State of the opposite side of the machine; but when New York, have invented certain new and working with left lasts the bar will be rcuseful Improvementsin Lasting-Machines, of moved from the companion jaw A and apwhich the following is a specification. plied to the jaw A in the manner above stated.

My invention relates to the jaws employed In order to hold the bar or former C in in lasting-machines to'fold the edges of the place, one end is inserted into an opening E3 upper over upon the last or insole; and it formed in a plate 0, secured to the lower consists of a former, arranged to bear upon end of the jaw, while the opposite end is held the ends of the fingers or blades of the jaw to in place by means of a latch d, hinged or pivbring them into conformity with the curvaoted to the upper end of the jaw. I do not ture of the last, the formers being exchange wish to limit myself to any particular con- I 5 able and removable, so that the same jaw may struction of former, nor to the means herein 6 be quickly and accurately adj ust-ed to work shown for securing said bar or former in pcin connection with either right or left las'ts sition, as it is obvious that these matters may at will. be varied considerably without departing In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective from the spirit of my invention. The longi- 20 view of a pair of my improved lasting-jaws tudinal movements of the fingers are limited looking from the back; Fig. 2, a plan view, in one direction by a shoulder f, formed upon partly in section; Fig. 3, asectional View on the shank, and in the other direction by the lineal-.23; Fig. 4, aview illustratingaslight means of a head or enlargement e, formed modification; and Fig. 5 a view illustrating upon or secured to the outer end of each fin- 2 5 the construction of one of the fingers or blades. ger, as shown.

A A indicate the stock or body of the jaws, By providing the jaw with the conical holes which are commonly employed in pairs, both or openings 1) for the shanks of the fingers, jaws being of like construction and each the latter are permitted to yield in any dimounted upon suitable supporting and acturection and adjust themselves as required.

0 ating mechanism, which, however, constitutes hen the jaws are used on comparatively So no part of the present invention. Mounted straight lasts, the blades or fingers will move in the stock or body of each jaw are blades or nearly in the same plane than when the jaw fingers B, against the outer ends of which is used on lasts having a greater curvature, bears the removable former 0, each of the and it will be apparent that when the fingers 5 fingers being provided with acylindrical stem are in the straight plane they will occupy a, which works through a conical hole I), more space than when they are in the curved formed in the wall of the jaw, as shown in plane. To provide for this variation and to Figs. 2 and 3. The length of the shanks or take up the space that would otherwise be stems a varies, and it will be seen that when found between the blades or fingers, I employ 4c the bar or formerOis removed and the fingers one or more set-screws g, which are designed are pushed outward they will assume the poto bear against the end finger, so as to crowd sition shown in Fig. 2 by the dotted lines. the fingers together. In other words, when \Vhen the fingers are in thisposition, they curved lasts are used the screws will be turned are adapted to work on that part of the last inward to crowd the fingers together; but

5 corresponding to the outside of the shoe; but when straight lasts are used the screws will 9 5 when the bar is applied some of the fingers be drawn'back to allow the fingers to straightwill be pushed inward farther than the oth= on out. Each of the fingers is milled out or ers, thereby presenting a working face correcountersunk on its outer face, as at h, Figs. 1 sponding to the curvature of the inside of and 5, so as to form a bearing t' along both 50 edges of the fingers immediately beneath the ICC the last E.

former I), used to impart the desired curvature to the row of fingers. may be of the construction shown in Grays patent, Xo. 391,467, or of any other desired This former l) construction, and by bearing upon the backs of the fingers along both edges the lingers are prevented from tipping or rocking, as frequently happens under prior plans.

The end former C, instead of having a flat straight face to bear upon the ends of the i lingers, may have a wavy or variable bearingface, so as to cause some of the fingers to pro- 1 jeet farther than others in order that thejaw i longitudinally-adjustable fingers or blades and a removable former or bar adapted to i bear and to be clamped against the ends of 1 the fingers.

2. Inalasting machine, two jaws, each pro vided with a series of longitudinally-adjustable fingers, and a removable and changeable former or bar adapted to be applied to either of the jaws at will and to bear against; the ends of the fingers of the jaw to which it is applied.

3. In a lastinginaehine jaw, the combination, with a body or stock provided with a series of conical holes I), of the fingers or blades having their shanks mounted in said holes.

4. In combination with the stock or body having the perforated lngc and hook or catch (1, fingers or blades, and a removable end former.

In a lasting-machine jaw, the eonibination, with a stock or bodyand a bar .1), of the lingers countersunk on their onteri'aees to form bearings i along their edges.

(3. A lasting-machine jaw comprising a perforated stock or body, a series of fingers having shanks of different lengths, and a rigid bar adapted to be applied to the ends of the fingers, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

EDGAR (TOMBS.

Witnesses HENRY )1. Gooonon, \VAL'IER DODGE. 

